d, x Pirrlisca’ aifiong « a eo "ot of- 
boards and commissions. The 
ge found in the rooms of the 
, aa ee which he sucegered, little 


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Por cate macnn: to deal with the 
' multitude of matters, including the pur- 
chase of all city supplies, which, un- 
der the present charter, pass under 
_the manager’s view. This has been 
/ done. The manager’s office has been 

ice - extended to include the room formerly 
> occupied by the board of health, and 
«an active and competent force is at 
' work. A great deal of the credit for 
this and other achievements of the 
administration is due to the able and 
efficient secretary of the manager, Mr. 
Paul EHliel. 


The Manager and the Departments. 


Of even more importance has been 
the establishment of the relations of 
the manager to the several departments 
of the government. On the first of July 

_ there were not only no forms for re- 
_.. porting the transactions of the depart- 
i | -ments to the head of the administra- 

= tion, but no custom of so reporting. It 
~ has been necessary to build the position 
| of manager into the whole scheme of 

_ the previous government. A large part 

_ of the manager’s time has had to be 

_ spent in studying the conditions of the 

\ departments and in establishing his re- 

- lations to them. 

_ To insure better acquaintance and a 
‘broader co-operative spirit among all 
departments, weekly conferences of de- 
“partment heads are held in the man- 

ager’s office. These will be increased 
in frequency as the work of reorgani- 
Hetioe proceeds, 


Complaint Department. 


he j ‘one of the first acts of the city man- 
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lation to tne VULsiue puis, 241e, EE wit hide 
of handling these comp: . ints isireceiv 
ing a good deal of attention ¢ 


being progressively improved. a 
The Purchase of Supplies. Le 

“The charter provides that the. city 

Manager shall act as purchasing agent 

until the council provides otherwise by 


ordinance. This-very considerable task 
occupies a large part of the time ‘of 
Mr. Elie] and a stenographer. We have 
been obliged, of course, from the very 


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“Bath Towels... 1$6.00 perdoz. [$2.33 per doz. 


Bird-seed...... \150 lb. “ |946¢ 1b. 
Carbon Paper. ./|$3.50 per box $1.66 per box 
OUD S alii. 20¢c per box 546¢ per box 


4c per lb. 


5c per Ib. 
[B00 per gal. 


Cleas’g Powd.. 
50c per pint 


th eee ee ee eee 


Lum ber— 

Cross walk... .|$22.00 pér M.® |$17,75 per M. 
Matches....... 5c per box 8e per box 
PAST O...5 Bieta iN 90c¢ per pint 1. bo per gal. 
Pencils) sess Av. 5%c each 0:031 each 


5c per bar 3%c per bar 
.|/$1.55 per gross 


.|$7.50 per case 


Soap—Ivory.... 
Soap—Bath.. 
Soap-—Toilet.. 
Soda— 
Bicarbonate..|344¢¢ to Bee. 


3.50 per case 


h %e per Ib, 


Sponges....... $1.25 apiece 67%c apiece 
Polishs ou .,|25e per can 250 per can 
Typewriter : 
Ribbon... $1.00 each 50¢ each 
Muriatic Acid. .|5c per Ib. . {84¢eper lb. 
Toilet Paper.. - $10.01 00 per case. ABS 00. pen case 


former administrations, . 


The. prices Aa 
of like quality. — j ere. : 


{15 per gross ih 


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| Agt we 
Aprange- 

. Ament, by 
jadvantage 
gurchases. 
school de 
prices on 
wan epartments 
oly of ink 


Sem of in- 
, mom ser- 
ke this was 
fs PSs of hay 
ryened about 


io ahatio’ -filling 
ill insure on the 
Bees sno piece of 


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; * which will result 
i te at a large annual ag- 
fe is that of taking trade and 
~diseount | at every opportunity, 
f city’s order forms all provide that 
| 38 the’ vendor specifically makes 
; order for net cash, that it shall 
| sabjleet to a two per cent discount. 


The New Accounting System. 


ee aia A single achievement of the first 

five months of city manager govern- 
ment, which will live indefinitely in 
its good results, is the preparation of 
the new accounting system. The coun- 


ceil with great wisdom and foresight, 
ee hte Fy fot cis, purpose and 


@nsultation with the 


f xf every importaae dirm 
oing | miu wiApal accounting ‘on 

coast, appointed Haskins & Sells, to 
do the work. Under the direction of 


Davis, a system has been devised w hi¢ht 
not only. gives the auditor complé¢te 
control of the financial transactions’ of 
the city, but puts in the hands of the 
manager a 1 the heads of the depart=- 
ments the daita, necessary to determine 
the efficiency of operation of each 
branch of the city government. If the 
new charter had accomplished nothing 
ejse put the introduétion of modern 
aécounting: tnethods it Would have been 
worth all it, ‘cost. Hitherto, San Jose 
as been em by rule-of-thumb 
methods, adequate as fong as the city 
was §s0 small that thoSe in authority 
could have personal knowledge ofall 
that went on im it. This is no longer 
possible and a system of accounts and 
of time and cost reports such ag. is 


tions is now absolutely essential. 


Saving $4500 a Year in the Treasurer’s 
im Office. 


The greatest. single saving accom- 
ished by the present city government 
s. been the designation by the First 
iohal bank of Paul Furst, as city 
wurér, without charge to the city, 
e receipt by the same bank of 
v's deposits at the rate of 2.52 
t On average daily balances. 
ing in salaries in the treas- 
fcé Will amount to $1560 a 
interest paid by the bank 


in years to come, 


> years was a very serious one. 


needs. 
ever, put into it will be fully repaid to 
this 3 


Mr, John F,/Forbes and Mr. Pearce CL 


employed in the great private corpora-, 


former 
feause they have been free to say to 


saving which will Bo. 
year, - 


on year ie 


expénse of conducting the mayor’s of- 
fice under the old system and the ex- 
pense of the manager’s office under the 
new system, 


In. addition, the city secures the ad-. 


vantage of the most skillful and careful 
administration of the office of city 
treasurer. If also is advantaged by a 
Safe place of deposit for the city’s 


money instead of the old ramshackle 


vault in the city hall, which was a 
constant suoree of danger. 


The First Functionally Segregated 
Budget. 


Another great improvement in the 
financial procedure of the city is to be 
found in the functional segregated 
budget prepared by the heads of de- 
partments and the manager's office. 
The preparation of this budget has 
taken a great deal of time and labor, 
far more indeed than will be necessary 
The task of assem- 
bling comparative data for previous 
Further- 
more, in many instances the manager’s 
office was obliged to make up. the 
estimates for the several departments, 
because either of the absence of a de- 
partment head or becatise the depart- 
ment heads were not sufficiently well 
wersed in financial matters to prepare 
Staisfactory estimates of their future 
All the timé and labor, how- 


the city. 

For the first timé in the history of 
San Jose, the financial resources of the 
city Have been methodically and scien- 
tifiically proportioned to its various 
needs. The preparation and adoption 
of the budget represents the planning 
of @ year’s work for the city govern- 
ment. It is believed that this fore- 
handed method of procedure will have 
in San Jose the good effect it has had 


in other communities. 


The Non-Participation-in-Politics 
Order. 


A different class of achievement of 
the new city government is represent- 
ed by the non-participation-in-politics 
order, issued from the city manager’s 
office prior to the primary election of 


this fall, which forbade all employees of 


the city participating in the active con- 
duct of political affairs, It also forbade 


them to solicit funds for political pur- 


poses, It had the effect of iimiting 
their political activities to the private 
expression of their opinions. This order 
was sent to the head of each depart- 
ment and was posted in a prominent 


place where all men in the department 


could see it. The best information 
which we have been able to gather in- 


dicates that this order has been geéner- 
ally obeyed and that it has made for a 
great improvement in the service of the 
city. Men instead of being engaged in 
the practice of politics, 
enabled to devote their whole time and 


have been 


energy to the btisiness of the city. 
Many employees of the city have also 
been relieved of the embarrassment of 
political entanglements, be- 


This Ae og alone practically — Yn 
makes up the difftrence between the 


\ dismisg'1 from office. as 


seffect . i the good governm 

city is -ven more important. It’ iy 

single ~oke removed the personnel of 

‘the ci\ » administration from the field’ — 
of loci politics. If the new rule is ~ 
ersist. \tly enforced, it will have the 


ffect 0 largely removing the tempta- 


. tion to get control of the ci govern- 


ment for political ends. 


Relations of the City With Public 
Utilities. 

It has been the good fortune of the oil 
present administration to Sectire some 
compliance by the street railway com- 
pany wiff its paving obligations. Sev- 
enteenth stréet has beén paved, Wil- 
low and West San Carlos aré in pro- 
cess of paving and will be ¢ompleted 
in a few days. Hast San Carlos, Fif= 
teenth and San Fernando Streets are 
simply awaiting the solution of a dis- 
pute as to the type of rail-which may 
be used therein. The passage by the 
council of an ordinanee establishing a 
penalty of $50 per day for maintainging 
an obstruction in the streets after no- 
tice to remove the same, is éxpected 
to bring thé company’s completion ‘of 
its» work. Car service Hag : 
stored on Julian street frt 
teenth to Twenty-first streae and 


og 


to do away with the awful mud hole 
at that point. 

The Southern Pacific commparly has 
temporarily paved the portion of 
Fourth street adjoining thé normal — 
school grounds. They have installed — 
an automatic crossing signal at Fourth 
and William streéts, a very dangerous 
crossing previously unguarded, wei 

The public utility situation will de- 
mand a great deal of our attention in 
the months to come. The settlement 
of the Southern Pacific franéhise is 
the most. important. We must also 
constantly be in difficulty with & quasi- 
bankrupt street railway company, The 
Water company must be induced to put 
in mains large efoligh to give the 
city the protection in case of fire, 
which it demands. 

The Social Welfare Gommission. — 

The ¢co-ofdination of the aétivities of 
the numerous charitable enterprises of 
the city, and especially somé éffetetive 
check upon the solicitation of finds for 
unworthy objects or for organizations 
with wasteful methods, has been taken 
‘up by the committee ¢onsisting of 
many prominent people of the city in- 
terested in ¢harity work, which was 
called together by the manager for the — 
first time on Thursday, October 24. 
This committee has evolved an ordi-— 
nance which is presented to the council — 
at the same time with this report. It 
provides for a commission of seven 
members appointed by the manager, : 
It gives this commission power to su-— 
pervise the administration of charities 
to which the city of San Jose contrib- 
utes and all other organizations which 
voluntarily avail themselves of its su- 

¢ 


oe 


~tivit, 


tor jars wenartian ai their 
Priae up The 64 1a tier At Palio! 
Some such — asethis Mee 
been greatly needed-in our’city and its 
preparation in coneurrence with the 
arious charitable organizations inter- 
sted.is not the least of the achieve- 
ts of the past five months, 


The Codification of Ordinances. 
The council has provided in the 


“budget for the codification of the ordi- 
'mances of the city appropriating the 


sum of $750 therefor.” This money will 
be expended under the direction of the 
eity attorney for the purnose of secur- 
ing classification, indexing and codifi- 
eation of the ordinances so far as that 
is possible within the limits of the ap- 
propriation, Our ordinances at the 
Present time are in a great state of 
eonfusion. It is very difficult in many 
instances to reconcile their conflicting 
provisions. Many of the more impor- 
tant ones are already obsolete. The 
recognition of the need of the eodifica- 
tion of our ordinances and the provi- 
sion for it in the budget is very much 
to the credit of the city council. 

The Board of Education. 

The manager on assuming office al- 
most immediately filled the vacaney 
then existing on the board of education 
by the appointment of Mr. E. N. Rich- 
mond. Mr, Richmond was at the first 
meeting of the board after his appoint- 
Ment, elected president of the hoard, 
Under his very able leadership the 
board of education has done effective 
work in the expenditure of the proceeds 
of the bond issue recently voted for the 
new school buildings. The board has 
applied itself with great wisdom and 
publie spirit to the matter of securing 
the greatest possible value for the 
money expended. It has been able also 
to relieve the superintendent of 
schools of a good deal of the burden 
of the business administration which 
would, with the new school buildings, 
have been almost overwhelming. The 
superintendent has thus been able to 
devote a much larger portion of his 
time to educational leadership, and the 
results are beginning to be apparent in 
the work of the teachers. 

The board also has succeeded in es- 
tablishing a merit system of appoint- 
ment in conformity with the provisions 
of the charter, which msures the elim- 
ination of polities from the appoint- 
ment of teachers and at the same time 
makes the superintendent responsible 
fer the personnel of the school depart- 
ment. 

The resuits of these changes will not 
be fully felt for some time to come. 
The school department, however, has 
been started upon the right line of de- 


sigut OL That more important aspect of 
public effiee, the. character of seryice 
rendered to the eommunity, What in-* 
dividual in the city has a right to de- 
mand the favor of an office at the ex- 
pense of inferior service to his fellows? 
The people of San Jose collectively are 
entitled to the best service in the same 
sense as they are entitled to it in their 
private business relations, This un- 
doubtedly correct principle has long 
been applied in the school department 
and is now for the first time applied to 
the general government of the city. 
“1 this does not mean the whole- 
sale importation of outsiders. 


fied service, there are only two filled 
by technical non-residents, Even these 
are not genuine outsiders, for it is 
hardly to be said that persons living 
in the country tributary to San Jose 
who have been persons educated in our 
schools and employed by our citizens 
are outsiders. 

Out of seven heads of departments 
selected by the manager, but ene is not 
a San Jose man, The only other out- 
sider is the manager’s personal assist- 
ant, Under ordinary circumstances, all 
minor-posgitions, and in my opinion, 
labor on contracts for public’ work, 
should unquestionably be filled by lo- 
cal appointment. 

It is my belief that with regard to 
the more responsible positions, even 
those involving’ technical qualifications, 
that San Jose men should be given the 
preference. It may well happen, how- 
ever, without reflection on a city of 
40,000 people, that there may be no 
man available, i. e,, employable at the 
salary the city can pay, who is quali- 
fied for the task. .In such cases I be- 
lieve that the interests of the city re- 
quire us to find the best man available 
regardless of residence. It is for this 
reason that I am opposed to a residence 
qualification for office holding. Jf be- 
lieve that the record of the administra- 
tion to date indicates.that it may 
safely be entrusted with the power of 
selecting its employees without such a 
limitation. 


Attention Attracted te San Jose. 


The fact that San Jose has been 50 
progressive as to throw off the incubus 
of old-time political methods of city 
government has attracted widespread 
attention, The results already accom-= 
plished, small by comparison with 


what is in store for the future, have - 


added greatly to the esteem in. which 
this community is held throughout the 
country. 
by C, A. Clay, staff correspondent of 


cially, as well &s pi 
that we 100k abroad’ : 
ment of a place ae 


Out of 
208 permanent positions in the classi- 


One special article, written. 


rh Wew wor Pa TMT OM Es 6 
ai PENG, Oif Typhi ee OE 
‘Abe ie 5 aa oe ip 7) 
i f CXR ¥ 4 
, ie ; id 
Pe . s 5 te 
4 ae ah ee i 
< ¢ “4 
ep re i 
1 
a hi ra 
in support our new “municipar 
regime ome attacks of selfish- _ 
saghess, narre on enere and provincial- 5 
ism, The a ii f the city comms er- 


,ically, dep é 


gressive cities of the 
not sacrifice the fins na 
are now winning to th 
of the old office- holding. of 
posing class. “Bo ny 
Expert Technical Hele al 
| to the Citip. 

Acknowledgment shbaid at ¢ this 

point be made to a. nu nber of ‘persons © 


h intex 
office sdi 


“who have assisted the| city manager — 
‘and the heads of various departments — 


with expert technical advice without 
charge to the city. Doctors Geiger and = 
Kelly of the state board of health> 
spent several days jn’ ‘assisting | gn the 
installation of the jhealth — laboratory, 
and in helping to check a prospective 
epidemic of diphtheria, 

Professor C, D, Marx, head oe the 
engineering department. of Stanford 
university, has assisted in supplying» 
material for the civil service exam- 
inations, and with professional: advice 
on yarious points. . 

Professor L, M. er of the de- 
partment of education “Stanford. 
university has assisted i giving a 
very original and effective cH Rar vege 
examination. 

Professor C. lL. Cory, dean of the — 
college of mechanics at the University 
of California, with Mr, Harshman, one 
of his assistants, spent considerable 
time upon the proposed improvements: 
in the Alum Rock park bath- house and” 
rendered a very valuable report in con-— 
nection therewith. 

Professor Charles Gilman Hyde of 
the University of California and gani- 
tary engineer of the state board of 
health has also given very helpful ad- 
vice in connection with our preblems. 
Altogether technical assistance to the 
amount of many hundreds of dollars 
has been supplied largely because of 
the interest taken HA our system of. 
government. : 


The Civil Service Cum ndisatats 


The appointment of R. R. Syer, V. J. 
LaMotte and H. B, Martin as. the 
poard of civil service. commissioners 
inaugurated a new regime of efficiency 
of municipal employment in this elite: 
The commission has’ made great prog-, 
ress in the introductioa of the merit. 
system of appointment. It has classi- 
fied the positions in the city service 
and has held. vine Ba aKa fora ares 
number of them.. : 

These examinations - 
high grade and ha 


tions of candidates, L 
-Frection perhaps the re 
) eiVil service examinat ae - er held in 
“any city was held by * Men lacor Ter- 
-* man of the department of ecucation at 
Stanford university: ‘for the purpose of 
establishing an eligible list for the po- 
lice and fire departments, 
In this é¢xamination the Binet and 
other intelligence tests were applied to 
discover the intelligence and capacity 


a 3 iteresting 


es of the candidates. The candidates 
ee 4 were also subject toa v gid medi- 
Cal and physical exa and: the, 


— We believe 

€ appoi ee to tf ce > and fire 
“@epartment \cumiply possess the 
undamental quilines tions for “these 

Bervices, oe af ay 
‘ \ Thes.civil. sérvice, Pe ramissign has 
\ 6 yalso inaugur, ted a system of efficiency 
\ Nagepord fr(m “all »members of the 
* classified sevice. This ‘will help ma- 
 terially in phe efforts of the manager 
“ang i Anesneeds | of. departments in 
‘inating drones and sluggards from 

“the municipal payroll. 


; City Planning Commission. 


The city planhing commission, which _ 


consists of G. M. Fontaine, Miss Flor- 
ence Clayton a a G. F. Wakefield; with 
the city attorney and city engineer ex- 
officio, has likewise been very active in 
preparing the ground for its important 
work. \ The icity epuncil has provided 
in the “budget a $2000 appropriation 
with which the coynmission will be en- 
abled to’ enjploy /the services of ex- 
perts in helping: to solve some of our 
serious Dlanming problems, The most 
obvious and) immediate of these are 
those relative to the matter of the 


within the “next year’ a 
Jel bhermanent Jocation of the Southern 
Pacific railroad in this ‘city will have 
to be determined and the commission 
has taken the necessary steps to as- 
sist in that determination by colleect- 
ing material and securing the ad- 
vice of more competent government 
than this, “The city planning commigs- 
Sion is also engaged at the present 
time in holding hearings with regard 
to traffic ¢onditions 6n First street, 
and in all probability will soon recom- 
mend to the city council a measure 
regulating the barking of automobiles 
in the congested portion of that street. 
The work of jrégulating the planting, 
trimming and removal of trees along 
the streets of the city, as formerly reg- 
z ulated by the forestry board, has been 

placed in the hands of the city plan- 

ning commission. 


Creased Rental From Concessions. 


A large imcreaSe over any previous 
year was made in the annual rental of 
the concessions ‘at. Alum Rock park. 
The increase amounted to about 40 per 
cent and represented an’ addition of 
about $400 in cash to the city’s annual 
revenue, 


Lighting Athi Rock Park. 
The use of Alum. Rock park as a 
where entertainments might be 


mmer time has always 
pered by the fact 


that no means of lighting the improved _ 


portion had ever been installed. In 
order to increase the use of the park 


' for general purposes and to attract 


more parties to the park it was decid- 
ed to install 20 high powered elec- 


- trie lights which would be so arranged 


that the improved section of the park 
would be lighted. Through the co- 
operation of the Pacific Gas & Electric 
company, these lights were installed 


without cost to the city. .The trees in 


the park were used as lighting stand- 
ards and also were used to carry the 
wires, thus avoiding the necessity of 


‘that fu- erecting poles or ether more sightly 


supports, 
Employment. of Guard at Alum Rock 
' Plunge. 

fyhen the summer rush began at the 
Alum Rock plunge it was soon realized 
that considerable danger existed for 
the bathers unless some means was 
provided whereby they might be pro- 
tected in Case of accident. With this 
in min, a guard was appointed to 
act during the summer months as 
general assistant and as lifesaver in 
case of need. On geveral occasions 
the services of the guard proyed very 


important in averting what might 
otherwise have been serious. ac- 
cidents. 


ough inspection was made of the build- 
ings at Alum Rock park. Many of 
them were found to be dirty and in need 
of paint. A thorough campaign of 
cleaning the plunge and other build- 
ings at the park was immediately in- 
augurated and they were all gone over 
minutely and wherever it Was neces- 
sary were put in such shape that they 
would be sanitary and attractive. 


Remodeling at Alum Rock Heating 
Plant. 


Provision has been made in the bud- 
get for remodeling and improving the 
heating plant used in connection with 
the Alum Rock plant plunge, The pres- 
ent heating plant and ventilating sys- 
tem is highly inefficient and consumes 
a tremendous quantity of fue] which, 
even though there was no increase in 
erude oil would necessitate some radi- 
cal action, Conferences have been had 
with representatives of numerous en- 
gineering houses with experts on nata- 
torium heating and -with Professor 
Corey of the department of mechanical 
engineering in the University of Cali- 


‘fornia. 


As a result tentative plans have been 
drawn up which include the installing 
of a ventilating system which will ren- 
der the water absolutely safe and pure 
at all times and which will also per- 
mit of a material reduction in the fuel 
bil. A new method of heating the 
men’s tub quarters has also been work- 
ed out and will propvably be installed 
before next spring. Both of these im- 
provements should result in a very ma- 
terial saving in the cost of operation 


- of the. plunge. 


Reservation of Space in St. James Park. 


Complaints were received from nu- 
merous sources that St. James park 


had become the stamping ground for 


We 


_ practically prohibitea’- 


free an 


sa hy and tramps ‘ana’ 
be perk on this account 

fo women ard — 
children, . That park space ,Should be =” 


\open to whoever may decide toes 


: 


to use it without restrictions and dis- 
crimination is true, but that a certain 
group im the city should be prevented 
from using the park on account of the 
presence of another group there was 
not considered just. An order was  — 
therefore made reserving certain por- 
tions in the north and east end of the 
park exclusively for women and chil- 
dren and their escorts and the benches 
were stencilled with” a ‘sign t * 1 
effect. { a nt Bie 
Department of Electric it a Separate Pi: 
Department. a * 

Under the old charter the MiccYlcc Ng re 
of electricity was under the jurisdic- 
tion of the police and fire commission 
and performed three separate and dis- 
tinct functions. On the one hand it was 
in charge of the electrical system of the 
fire department. Secondly it was in aay 
charge of the electrical system of the 
police department and finally it acted 
as the electricity inspector for all out- 
side installations of electrical wiring 
and other electrical service. The en- 
tire salary, however, of the electrical 
inspector was charged to the fire de- 
partment fund. This was obviously 
unfair to the fire department as 2 
considerable portion of the inspector’s 
time was devoted to outside inspections 
and some of it to work for the police 
department. Nor was it considered ad- ~ 
visable when the police and fire com- 
mission went out of office with the go- 
ing into effect of the new charter to 
place an electrical inspector exclus- 
ively under the jurisdiction of the 
head of the fire department. The de-- 
partment of electricity was, therefor, 
created as a separate and distinct de- 
partment with a separate budget and 
the time of the electrical inspector 
would be charged in future to the de- 
partment to which he renders service. 


Increased Salaries in the Library, 


On account of the increased cost of 
living and the fact that the salaries 
in the library department Were ex- 
tremely low and had not been raised for 
a number of years, provision has been 
made in this year’s budget for uni- 
form increases in the salaries of em- 
ployees of the library. These increases 
include the librarian and practically 
all of her assistants, 


New Lighting System in Library. ‘a : 


Several months ago the city manager 
requested the electrician to make a — 
study of the lighting system in the 
library with a view to improving the 
light and reducing the bills for elec- 
trical current. Such a study was made ~ 
and the _ electrician recommended a 
system of semi-indirect lighting. Plans 
and specifications were drawn up and — 

a call for bids issued. The new equip- 
ment was-installeq for a nominal sum, 

the contractor being required to make 
allowance for the old lights. The re- 
duction in the bills for current will 9 
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put it was. ecid that << crema ap- 
paratus was in such condition that a 
repetition ef the event might occur at 
any time. A rush order was, there- 
for, sent out, for bids © ‘and the work 
was let at. a very low figure, for tak- 
ing out the ola motor and installing a 
One in the shortest possible time. 
work was accomplished within a 
tter of three or four days after the 
motor burned out. 3 


Recovery of Library Books. 


For years the library had been los- 
ing almost as many books as it had 
been buying and, although it was 
known where some of these books were, 
it had been very difficult to recover 
many of them. The police department 
was instructed to co-operate with the 
library in the recovery of books and 
to enforce the law against all per- 
sons known to have library books who 
did not offer to return them when re- 
quested to do so. The results of tak- 
ing this firm stand were quite phenom- 
enal and a very large number of books 
were returned either directly to the 
library or to the police department 
within a very short time. 


Change in Form of Government With- 
out Legal Difficulties. 


The change from the old to the new 
charter ang from the mayor and coun- 
cil to the manager type of govern- 
ment was accomplished without the 
encountering of a single legal obstacle. 
The smoothnesS with which the change 
Was made and the fact that none of 
the proceedings or acts of the new 
government have been called into ques- 
tion by the courts is largely due to the 
able, legal advice and-assistance of the 
city attorney, Mr. Harl Lamb. 


Department of Health. 


_’ The health department has been in 
the past one of the most neglected of 
all our city functions. Much self- 
sacrificing work hag been done by 
boards of health and health officers, 
but without adequate assistance or 
equipment they have been able to ac- 
complish all too little for the health 
of the community, Instead of being 
one of the healthiest cities in the 
United States, as it should be, San Jose 
has had a death rate as high as the 
average for the whole registration area 
of the United States, which includes 
good and bad communities alike. 

The manager determined at the out- 
set of his administration that the most 
determined effort must be made to put 
the health department in first-rate or- 
der. To this end he appointed Dr. D. 
A. Beattie, one of the leading physi- 
cians of the city, health officer. He 
then requested the civil service com- 
mission to give an open, competitive 


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active charge of the department vith 
an experienced local physician advis- 


- ing and supervising his work, There 


Was also added to the department a 
laboratory assistant, Which position 
Was filled as a result of the civil ser- 
Vice examination by Miss Laura Wat- 


kins, formerly the efficient head of the 
; Practitioners’ 


laboratory. Several 
hundred dollars were expended in fit- 
ting up the new laboratory for all 


* kinds of work eonnected with the pub- 
lic health administration, and. the de- | 
partment is now just getting into full’ 

It could hardly be expected to _ 
have yet made any appreciable effect 


swing. 


upon the tremendous problem before it, 
but it already has several distinct ac- 
complishments to its credit. 

Among the most notable of these has 
been the prevention of two threaten- 
ing outbreaks of diphtheria, one at the 
Grant school and one at the Lowell 
school. In this connection it is the aim 
of the health department to secure the 
co-operation and assistance of the 
physicians, schools and others, so as to 
obtain the prompt and complete report 
of all communicable diseases,* This is 
a matter which has been necessarily 
too much negiected in the past. The 
department has also arranged to do, 
through its laboratory, culture ‘work 
in all suspected cases of contagious 
diseases free of charge. In order to 
accommodate the physicians the 
health department has installed in the 
police office an incubator into which 
the cultures may be dropped at any 
hour of the night, to be taken to the 
laboratory in the morning. ‘The. en- 
forcement of quarantine rules has 
been strictly kept up, and already the 
condition in regard to contagious dis- 
eases: has been much improved. 

Another phase of the activity of the 
health department may be found in ‘its 
increased success in securing abate- 
ment of the nuisances discovered by 
its inspectors. The number of abate- 
ments secured is now between 90 and 
100 per cent. To improve the milk 
supply, which is, of course, one of the 
most important sources of disease, 
the department has instituted a sys- 
tem of standard dairy score cards, so 
as to give to the dairyman himself 
information as to his own methods. 
The dairy inspector is trying not only 
to discover infractions of the law, but 
to instruct the dairymen in the regsons 
why the restrictions of the law are 
reasonable, The improvement § has 
been noticeable, and the number of 
bacteria found in milk samples is con- 
siderably decreased, 

The health department has begun the 
inspection of tenement and lodging 
houses in accordance with the demands 


of the state immigration and housing 


commission. This cOmmission recent- 


fees for this | 


this country are rapidly 
‘was only a few years a ol that, third 


petter nousing purraitions i our. ily. 

» The council has adopted a revised 
eee inspection ordinance in which the 
rvice have been adjust- 


ed in a satis Actory. ae to, the. 
slaughter house men. work "ot 
meat inspection has” “bee _ carried | 


vigorously and a marked i rovem 


has been brought. about Le the santa “iit, 


conditions of the slaught 
in the quality of meat fur 
people. 


“Mouse 


Efficiency and tie Police De “of rtific te 


Standards of police admip ~ ’ Yation - in 
Ninging. It 
degree methods, bulldozing of prisoners, 
etc., were not only the only methods 
used in police. departments, but gener- 
ally they were the only methods known. 
Bluff and brutality weré necessary in 
order to obtain results, since scientific 
methods of police repofting and identi- 
fication were DIRGHY hy. a unkhewn 
art: aaa eu 
Now, however, in all mod pa @epart- 
ments this situation no lons4+ prevails; 
police identification has’ be ie reduced 
to an exact science, Police reporting | 
and record-keeping has been developed 
to the point where it is rapidly’ ‘ap- 
proaching standardization. Police ‘de- 
partments, led by the example set in 


New York and other progressive cities, 
have become engines of sole construc- 


tion instead of juggernauts of social — 
destruction. The influence of alcohol, 
drugs and feeble- mindedness on crim- 


inal acts is Tapidiy being recognized 


and these most important factors in the‘ 
criminality of'a community are receiv- 
ing proper attention and study at the 
hands of police officers, Police schools 
are being organized from one. end 
of the country to the other, for it 
is recognized by police authorities and 


Sere 


students of the problems of police ad- >: 


ministration that the most ‘serious 
check to ‘suecessful and ‘intelligent 
police administrations is the lack of 
intelligence on the part of the rank and 
file of the department. , 

It can thus be seen that police ef- 
ficiency cannot be measured by any 


negative standard such as discipline, ; 


co-operation or courtesy, Those things 
are expected of the police departments; 
they should not be commended for pos- 
sessing them any more than a person 
should be praised for being clean, Nor 
do a few important arrests indicate the 
activity and aggressiveness of the force. 
It has often been argued that the proper 
measure of the efficiency of a police 
department is the ratio of vc gene 
made ‘to convictions secured. sihy 

method of judging. polic 
entirely erroneous sinc 


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often a matter of - 


agl 


a we do not indicat 


Resin 


“assuming their, 


condition of the av The only 
basis of measuring ®lice efficiency is 
_the ratio of arrests/o the crimes com- 
“mitted. A moments thought will make 
this obvious, 

Nor are perunal seal Yong hours of 
work, extreme interest and activity of 
themselves. to be commended by police 
officers oecipying a superior position, 
They, also are to be taken for granted 
and any officer not pgpseseing these 

stain ane does _ to 


which Ye 4 ee W. ee Baw in 


the 


pores 
offiGe's anjd men have to ‘Spend more 
fe thinking about how they are g0- 
ing to Keep heir jobs than about the 
jobs themselves, corruption and -inef- 
ficiency are almost sure to follow. 
Thoughtful | police officials in other 
Cities have jong considered the San 
Jose department to be extremely inef- 
ficient. This\opinion arises from the 
fact that the San, Jose department has 
had to or alm@st exclusively on the 
identifieation bureaus of othér depart- 
ments for the identification of men ar- 
rested here, 
‘The present administration found on 
duties that the method 
of keeping’ records in the*police de- 


partment Was practically useless. The 
identification ‘bureau was a farce, as 
the present acting chief will testify, At 


least 50007 Bertillon record cards, of as 
many notorious criminals, were not filed 
owing to lack of space in the original 
cabinet, but were loosely tied in bundles 
and stored away. A former administra- 


im tion had Ordered a file built by a car- 


penter, but because of lack of knowledge 
‘or general inefficiency this file had 
never been used for anything but a 
storage case. Here the 5000 cards were 
kept and their value for identification 
purposes Was as a result absolutely nil, 
Mr. Eliel, on account of his knowledge 
of. police work, at once outlined a 
method of filing the ecards in both the 
eriginal cabinet and the other file, 
About half of the 5000 cards have now 
been indexed, classified and filed. When 
the entire 5000 cards have been similar- 
ly handled the efficiency of identifica- 
tion work will be increased at least 100 
‘per cent. 

The Bertillon system, however, is be- 
QE rapidly supplanted in all modern 
police departments by the more accur- 
ate and. scienti fio. finger print system, 
Were it not for; the fact that the San 
Jose department. possesses no finger 
print file it would be possible to prac- 
tically abandon the Bertillon: system. 
Without the finger print file no identi- 
fication bureau ¢} n consider its records 
to be complete./ Provision has been 
de in the budget for the purchase 
illon jeduipment, also for a 
ind other equipment, 


-actual crime. 


the local 


hand f whatever faction might be — 
is really responsible. When — 


The finggr print: radohda will Re Tee bers o 


built up as rapidly as possible, 
Another important phase of modern 
police work is the scientific recording 
of information leading to the recovery 
of lost and stolen property. ‘This is 
accomplished by means of the so- 
called Boston property file, found in 
all modern police departments. 
Through this system it is possible to 
check up and keep track of all lost 
and stolen property and in addition to 
keep track of articles pledged in pawn 
mers in Relation wto articles reported 
lost or stolen. No such file exists 
in the San Jose depar tment at the pres- 
mt time, Recovery of lost and stolen 
Sa therefore a matter of 
chance only 
pawn 


. Not even the reports of 
‘classification, whereas the 


shops receive proper 
reports of 


-articles lost or stelen in other eities 


are merely kept in a general file with- 
out being, classified, This renders them 
practically worse than useless. Pro- 
vision has been made in the new filing 
cabinets soon to be delivered for a 
Boston file, 

From the standpoint of proper police 
practice every affair, no matter how 
trivial it may appear to be, should 
eventually find its way into the general 
files of the department, It is im- 
possible to determine at the time of the 
oceurrence of anything which comes 
to the attention of the police depart- 
ment what its eventual importance may 
be. Such information should be prop- 
erly classified and analyzed as it oc- 
curs so that it may be referred to at 
any time. A file for this purpose will 
be started at ence. 

Under the present method important 
records are scratched on any sort-of 
paper in an indiscriminate way. Some 
of these eventually become matters of 
permanent record, but they are filed in 
such a way that they are absolutely 
useless, unless the memory of the en- 
tire department is infallible. For ex- 
ample, John Jones reports to the de- 
partment the loss of 50 feet of blach 
garden hose, a rather trivial matter 
of itself, This is filed under Jones. 
If 50 feet of black garden hose is 
recovered in two or three months, it 
is necessary for some one in the 
department to remember that Jones 
lost hose, The value of the file is nil. 
It does not remember for the depart- 
ment. The point of real importance 
is that hose was lost and not that 
Jones lost it. The record should show 
that ‘Jones lost the hose but it should 
be filled primarily under hose or some 
general classifieation of property of a 
similar kind, 

There are numerous other records 
all leading to increased departmental 
efficiency as the record of individual 
officers; efficiency reports; proper 
elassifieation of correspondence, ete., 
all of which are unknown to the San 
Jose department. 

It is not to be assumed ¢ahat in or- 
der to maintain these reeords. it 
would be necessary to increase the 
elerical force to the detriment of the 
patrel service, At present, hundreds 
of hours per year are wasted by mem- 


“progressive police departments — 


») esprit du corps, 


jured, 


“lice department, 


1 foree cate in the s 
because they donot Rare dau 
‘ed to them. - 
_ Finally, it is being tocdeniaed 


school of instruction for all of i 
men of the department is indespensible — 
to scientific police work and a proper 
Training in the penal 
codes, city ordinances, military drill, 
revolver practice, first aid to the in- 
criminal identification, traffic 
detail, identification of automobiles, 
methods of criminals, presentation of 
cases in court, humane handling of 
prisoners, the proper Methods 
complaints, co-operation bet 
and other city departments, et 
taken up by attorneys, docto: 
cialists in other lines and of 
the department. Such a school 
started in San .Jose within a 
weeks. It may be mentioned in, 
ing that the budget makes provision 
for the first time in the history of the 
city for adequate revolver practice by 
supplying ammunition to the men, 

The methods outlined above are what 
make for real police efficiency rath- 
er than the personal zeal of a chief 


i, 


of police or his relation with his men, ~ 


“More than zeal ang hard work: are nece 


éssary in the head of the modern po- 
He must be a pro- 
found student of police problems in all 


their ramifications and a man of broad ~ 


and general sympathy and understand- 

ing, Without these things no depart- 

ment can be efficient. ‘With them the 

smallest department becomes a tower. 

of strength for the protection of the. 
lives and property of the citizens it 
serves. \ 


Law Enforcement. 


It was also found by the manager 
that the police department was inef- 
ficient in securing: the enforcement of 
those laws and ordinances whieh most 
nearly effect public morality. About 
six weeks after he took office, gambling 
and other evils, which hea ween tem- 
porarily in hiding, again eame to the 
surface. In spite of zvviterated state- 
ments of his desire for a clean town 
the department took no effective steps 
towards this end, The manager’s of- 
fice secured conclusive information 
concerning gambling, prostitution and 
illegal practices on the part of saloon- 
keepers, 


the laws for the protection of public 
morality. 
that its head should place the whole 


strength of the department loyally be- 
in his every en- 


hind the 
deavor. 
The above statements with ramen ta 
the efficiency of the department and 
its attitude towa.s publie 


manager 


in the position of chief of police, — 
Equipping Patrolmen With Fords, 
At the present time, and under all 

previous administrations the down. 


town or congested yalue district has — 
been the only one which received any 


It also goes without saying 


It goes without saying that — 
the police department should enforces 


, a a ae 


morals - 
sufficiently explain the recent change 


bCibed 


direct police, protection. That the dis- i . 


trict 


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Provision for inne Flashlights. 


Money Aas also been appropriated 
in ‘the police budget for the installa- 
tion of six new flashlights to be put 
tp in/the residence districts in strate- 
i osition. The flashlights system 

Ne of the «most important physi- 
‘adjuncts to the éfficieney of patrol 
oat as it permits the calling of any 


Ntticer by headquarters almost instant- 


ly. It is planned to use these new 
flashlights in connection with the men 
using Fords so that they may be call- 
ed by héadquarters and their superior 
mobility made use of. 


Use of Telephones Instead of 
Boxes. 


Request was made by the department 
for the purchase of six new call boxes, 
thése boxes inStalled cost about $125 
apiece, or a total cost of $750, if the 
requested itéms in the budget had been 
allowed. Instead of this rather large 
Outlay it is planned to install a small 
number of telephones in secure lovk- 
ed boxes similar to those employed 
by the stréet railway company, This, 
of Course, will effect a very material 
Saving and will fullfill practically the 
Same purposes as the call boxes. The 
men using the Fords will be required 
to call headquarters over one of these 
boxes every half hour. 

Traffic Officer at Thirteenth and San- 
ta Clara. 

On account of the tremendous vol- 
ume of traffic coming into and go- 
ing out of San JoSe over Thirteenth 

s and Santa Clara streets, numerous ac- 
cidents were found to be taking place 
at this congested corner on Sundays. 
A traffic officer has been stationed 
here during the busier parts of the 
day with almost entire elimination of 
accidents. 
Material Reduction in Fire Loss. 

There has been a very material re- 
duction of the fire loss since the de- 
partment has been taken out of politics 
and the chief has been put in supreme 
command of the department at all 
times. No more convincing demonstra- 
tion of the value of the new system of 
government can be had than the in- 
creased efficiency of the fire depart- 
ment. Here again men -had thought 
more about holding their jobs than 
about the jobs themselves. Fires oc- 
4 curred whére.everyone took a hand in 
. directing the work of fire-fighting with 


Call 


bei reo LASS sis 63 


Ly L5— 
Uninsured loss wees» $16,273 00 
Insured loss | AS Re as 
ees >: a 
Total loss -saums. .$53;898 9% 
1916— (November estimated): 
Uninsured 1088 ..-..: .$14,500 00 A 
Insured loss ™....-. bueas's 23,200 00mm 
Total logge. :. . cue +. .$37,700 00 


- The average monthly loss for the 
first five months of 1913, 1914 and 1915 
was $18,538.08 as compared with 
$7,540 for 1916. This is a decrease in 
average loss of approximately $11,000 
per month, which is equivalent to a 
decrease of 59.38 per cent. - 

Conference With Representatives of 

Board of Fire Underwriters. 

Barly in the work of the present ad- 
ministration it was felt that no more 
valuable service could be rendered to 
the city as a whole than a reduction in 
the base or “key” rate for fire insur- 
ance. With this object in mind a con- 
ference was secured with engineers rep- 
resenting the Board of Fire Under- 
writers of the Pacific. The needs of 
the department were thoroughly gone 
over and as a result it was found that 
the department needed only a slight 
increase in equipment with a consid- 
erable in¢rease in personnel in order to 
become a “standard” department ac- 
cording to the board’s regulations. 
These Additions would permit the 
granting of the lowest “key” rate, The 
first step in this program has beéx 
taken in the increase in personnel as 
outlined immediately below. 

Adding of Ten Permanent Men to Fire 
Department. 

Provision was made in the budget for 
the fiscal yéar 1916-17 for the addition 
of ten full time men to the personnei 
of the fire department. This is with- 
out doubt the most important step 
which has been taken in the fire de- 
partment since its complete motoriza- 
tion. 

These mén Will supplant 14 “call 
men” or “extra men” to Whom the 
city has been paying $20 each per 
month to respond to fires from wher- 
ever they might be working. The in- 
Greased efficiency which will result is 
obvidus, But few more meén are need- 
ed to bring the department up. to 
standard requirements. This, with the 
placing in active service of the two 
reserve engines now iying idle will 


Or r suapenMegGs in. the past 
“than in any similar perio 


.ards required of the men. 


pio cist. ib tire, Giserplinée Of the d 
Pi tment and in the interest shown § 
the men in gh There has bé 
mani steduin Suways Bd ist} 
tified to by Ch ‘ey, th 

in command of: 


tory of the department. ‘¥ 
feel that they are on a 
One another and that they 
to @ friendly commissione} 
euséd for some violation 
of the department, They 
ble only to the Ghief who 
ports directly to the cityur¢ 
ficieney and loyalty are the} 


gd be ex- 
the rules 
B responsi- 
turn re- 
ager, Wf- 
nly stand- 


Placing New Engines in Tihactors ‘of | 
Engines No. 1 and Na. 2. | 
Since thé motorization of the départ- | 


ment the two Knox-Marteq tractors © 
have caused continual: troubfe, Three 
times the Grankshafts havd broken, 


each time néeessitating taking an im- 
portant piece of apparatus out of com- 
mission for two jweeks or more while 
new parts come from the east. Fin- 
ally the situazion became unbearable 
and the city manager informed the W. 
J. Benson company, from whom the 
traetors Were purchased, that someting 
would have to be done at once to 
overcome this’ most serious situation, 
Mr. Benson immediately took up the 
matter with the factory and as a re- 
sult the Knox Motor associates finet- 
ly agreed to install new engines in the 
tractors if the city would pay the ex- 
préssage on the new parts. The new 
parts were forwarded and installed 
with the result that the city is now 
in possession of two first-class high 
power tractors, in place of two unre- 
liable, second-class low power vehicles, 
Had the city purchased the! new en- 
‘gines outright it would have cost u 
$1118.11. The express bill paid by 
was $133, showing a net saving of 
most $1000 in addition to the trem 
ous improvement in the apparat 
companied by a large increase 
partmental efficiency. 


Machine Shop for City 


The motor apparatus in 
partment is now approac 
whete considerable m 
expended.itt upkeep ar, 
Haley in outlining his, 
this to be $2500 for 


4 in. pa co 

© tion, - 

— made. for. materials, etc. © a8 

_doubtedly give. Fise th larg eco 
ost 


and the total eallin 


one-half “Of, the $2500. estimated as ate 


“departmental requirements ‘for this: 
«year. Sh on ae 


property. 
Employme 


Azed) by the- ‘common pradiite of per- 
mitting the men, to indiscriminately 
employ pubstitutes, Novwmatter” how 
trivial the cause, if a man wanted to 
get off he, could secure a substitute— 
usually an inexperienced man-—to take 
"his place, He would pay this. ‘substi- 
«tute for sthe time he was absent from 

“his. company.’ 

. ‘and find the raajority. ‘of men Manning 

8 particular piece of apparatus not reg- 
ular firemen, but Substitutes. “The sit- 
nation was a seridus one. from the 
standpoint of depattmental efficiency 
and a critical one. from the standpoint 
of discipline, The police and fire com- 
mission had attempted to cope with the’ 
vroblen 
The isue had to be faced, however, and 
after some careful) ‘consideration it was 
decided to require: any fireman hiring a 
substitute to lay oft for: at least six 
hours—that meant @ quareriof a day’s 
pay. The result has been remarkable. 
Substituting is now limited’ sto cases 
where it: should properly occur Sub- 
stitutes. must be drawn from a gist of 
qualified persons. 


Department of ‘Public. La. 


From the “point > of view of money ex- 
pended and men employed, this is the 
largest. and mosh” important depart- 
ment in the city government, It is the 


ated. It embraces the office of the’ 
engineer, the former ‘street de- 
ment, the operation of the inciner- 
the caré .of all public buildings, 
e carrying out of all repairs and 
ustriction on, public property. 
ndition of the several offices 
o the’ department, the record 
ra 1er lack of. system, in 
yale and discipline 
the operative 


é question of sew- 
eames for. the. dei’ 


A» libéral. allowance bows also. 


¥ sisting on the records with regeid in 


An alarm might come | 


, but had met with no success. ° 


lepartment also in. which the great-) 
Bt opportunities for economy are pre- 


“with leader 
office at t eHes the. charter Went in’ 
roving himseél i 
Jsituation, an 
‘been secured!’ 
‘month, and provision ism 
assistants. At the same’ timer 
fully estimating the “expenses of ‘the 
“department, 
for a-total saving of $10,000 in the total 
~amount allotted to it this year) as com- 
pared with last‘year's allotment. 
. While’ the: plans above outlined have 
been tae 3 : several 


ents secur within» 

pin Wie s ae night 

of ets in e business, sec- 
Mlementen bye (daytime hand 
fas materially improved «the 
ion of these streets. An interest- 


experiment in 
eled streets.” 
tion’ with » 


night watering of 
Vas tried in mn, Nae 
00d results)” jn- 


loads: of water put upon the streets 
beige turned in to the manager’s of- 
fie, We increased the number of loads 
put on s¢during the last wholly dry 
month of this year by 640, almost the 
equivalent of another wagon, The op- 
eration of, the dmcinerator hag’ been 


taken over by the city at an approxi- 
re-9 


mate saving, including estimated 
pairs, of at least $30 per month. About 
three: hundred letters have been sent 
out demanding the installation of ¢urbs 
and sutters where they had previously 
béen. ordered in. Many -persons have 
“complied with the request and the 


“data is now at hand for bringing this 


campaign to a conclusion.. The mane- 

er has insisted in. the graveling of 
Julian and Keyes streéts that the ma- 
‘terials Seraped: from the gutters. be 


‘removed from the street and that the 


crown be so arranged that water will 
flow: off the top of the street, The 
esphalt block gutters have been re- 
moved from First street between Santa 


» Clara, and San Fernando streets and 


the street resurfaced, 

A great increase in the efficiency of 
the engineering force has been added 
by purchasing a Ford automobile for 
the use of the surveying party in place 
of a decrepit- wagon and hired horse 
which formerly carried them from and 
to their’ work. By this means it is 
possible to secure much more valuable 
service from the engineer in charge of 
that work, who can now be utilized for 


office work and other. duties. 


No Increase in Average Cost of 
Operating City. 
In spite of the great increase in the 
activity of the city; in spite of the 
many new tnings undertaken and act=- 


ually accomplished, there: has been no 
increase in the expenditures of the 
present administration as compared 
with those of previous years. “As a 
matter of cold fact, there has been an 
actual decrease when the average ex- 
penditures of the présent administra- 
tion are compared with the average of 
those’ preceding it. This fact is at- 
tested to by Haskins and Sells in con- 
nection with the annual audit of the 


‘city’s books, which they have just com- 


pleted. In compiling these figures cash 
disbursements of each fiscal period 
only have been taken into considera- 
tion. In order to determine the dis- 
bursements for current operation, how. 
ever, all disbursements from bond 
funds, all money paid on account of 
bond interest and redemption, and all 
sehool and high school payments made 


. by the city have been subtracted, and 
the net disbursements for city pur- 


poses only are shown. 
The total net cash disbursements for 


“current operation for the 31 months — 


we Have*been able’ to plan. 


‘month as compared to! 


sment—a decreas 


LS at and politics must be ‘over>.)7- 


16. Taveras 
was spent’ by the’ i he in 
tion during the 12 months i medi te 
preceding... tal : 
bursements in this 
134.40, (on an averag 


Tess per mont 


five months of sab 


form of $1,481.98. 
age ee 


city ra naeelice ve tiiagat. ; 

When the above figures ar 
ered in connection with the tre 
increases in commodity _ prices) 
kinds, which have struck the” 
administration particularly har 
results are all the more notewo 


; Con clusion. 


lata | on the achievements of this a 
ministration. It is not our faven tole 
exaggerate them or ; T: 
difficulties to come. Creditable as w 
consider our work so far, it is obvious- 
ly but @ beginning of a very serious 
task. We stand today in a spirit of 
deep humility before the solemn re- 
sponsibllities of the future. The force 
of traditional habits .of thought on ~ 


ean dicura before success c3 rue 
There is no more necessary, no mor 
noble piece of work. for real men left 
in our country. Other cities are hope- 
fully watching our efforts, If ge ‘fail, 
we set back not only San. ‘but 
every other city struggling 

light. mn 


ager and people, moving. “toegth 
harmony and confidence, ~ 


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